Tip of the hat to EarlG on democraticunderground.com

Thursday was another opinion day for the Supreme Court. Many of us were hopeful following the rejection of the crazy “Independent Legislature” theory was finally and forcefully rejected that maybe, just maybe SCOTUS would surprise us once again and possibly keep some of the major parts of Affirmative Action in place.

But as we all knew when Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell unconstitutionally blocked Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Roe v. Wade and Affirmative Action were two of the top targets for an extremist right wing court that Republicans wanted to build after blocking Garland.

So here we are once again at the end of June, right before another celebration of America’s birthday, seeing progress reversed for yet more groups in this country. Last year it was women in the Dobbs decision. This year it is anyone who is not a white male. The decision in the Affirmative Action cases hit people of color and white women.

Thus of Grassley’s blocking of Garland and his support for a twice impeached, twice indicted suspected traitor pays dividends for his party. Once again we see Grassley’s party first policies returns America to a fantasy place that extremist Republicans believed was once true in the 1950s, but never was.

The claims by Republicans that now America will be color blind as it once was 50+ years ago shows they live in a world of myths. It is very easy to show that America has never been color blind. The attempts to give several groups a hand up to help diminish the yawning gaps created by the color driven social policies. SCOTUS said no.

Well, that’s what this court was assembled for. They still have more work to do. For some contraception, gay marriage and even the school desegregation case, Brown v. Board are in heir sights.

The lesson for today is that in every presidential election, Supreme Court appointments have become an unspoken issue. Although they will not say so out loud, ending progress to a truly color blind society is one of the far right Republican Part’s top goals.

Below is a response to the Affirmative Action decision from one of America’s most prominent citizens, Michelle Obama, that I found online: